{
  "id": 15251413,
  "title": "Macky Sall withdraws from UN Secretary-General race",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/macky-sall-withdraws-from-un-secretary-general-race",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-17T18:00:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Premium Times",
    "slug": "premium-times",
    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/917853-macky-sall-withdraws-from-un-secretary-general-race.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former Senegalese President Macky Sall has withdrawn his candidacy for United Nations Secretary-General. According to Capital FM Kenya, Sall announced his decision on Saturday following a sixth informal Security Council straw poll held on October 16. In that poll, all seven candidates received at least one “discourage” vote from a permanent member of the 15-member Security Council.\n\nSall stated he took the decision with a sense of responsibility to help the emergence of a consensus candidate within the Security Council. He noted that straw poll results indicated a preference for a candidate from the Latin American and Caribbean region, potentially a woman. Sall said his decision followed consultations with Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye and Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye, who is the current chairperson of the African Union.\n\nPremium Times reported that Nigeria had previously objected to the African Union’s designation of Sall as the bloc’s consensus candidate for the position.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Capital FM Kenya",
        "title": "Macky Sall withdraws from UN Secretary-General race after Sixth straw poll",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/macky-sall-withdraws-from-un-secretary-general-race-after-sixth-straw",
        "published": "2026-10-17T15:34:46.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}